Artist&#39;s paint-box.



PATENTED JULY 3, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTISTS PAINT-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed August 14, 1905. Serial No- 274,167.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY HERBERT DoN- ALDSON, a subject of the Kin of England, residing at 6 Boundary road, ampstead, in the county of London, En land, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Artists Paint-Boxes and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and improved paint-box for artists colors, and refers to means for facilitating the retention of wator-colors or oil-paints in suitable receptacles for preserving and economizing the paint and rendering it more convenient to use same.

As is well known, it has been customary with artists paint-boxes to keep the colors in collapsible tubes or open earthenware or metallic pans. This system is open to objection, since with the tubes of paint great waste occurs through the expulsion from the tubes of more paint than is required for immediate .use, while with the open pans a considerable area of paint is exposed to the air, dust, and dirt. The water-color on the pan dries up in a short time and requires constant attention. With a paint-box made according to my invention these disadvantages are obviated, for in .place of the collapsible tubes or open earthenware or metallic pans I store the paint in a series of rigid tubes of proper length and diameter made from pieces of tube fastened together or formed in a block of any suitable material. The tubes or tubularholes are fitted with suitable plungers for ejecting the paint through fine holes onto a suitable pallet, means being provided for sealing the holes when desired to prevent the paint drying up or being ejected when not required, and in order that my invention may be better understood I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings accompanyin this specification, which show one metho of carrying out my said invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a paintbox open. Fig. 2 shows side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows the same paint-box with the flap and cylinders containing the paint folded into the box. Fig. 4 shows a section of a portion of the cylinders, illustrating the means of sealing the said cylinders. Fig. 5 is a section along the line A B, Fig. 1.

- Fig. 6 shows end elevation of the portion of the box containing the cylinders. Fig. 7 shows the lower portion of Fig. 5 on a larger scale.

The same characters of reference are employed to denote the same parts in all the views.

a shows body of the box, having hinged to it a cover portion 1), provided with pallets for mixing the paint in theordinary way.

0 is the portion of the box containing the cylinders for the paint and is constructed in the following manner: (1 is a plate provided with convenient thumb-pieces e for holding the box during work. f is a metal strip soldered or otherwise suitably fixed at right angles to the plate d. 9 forms the back of this portion of the box, which is pivoted at h to the body a, the whole constitutin a hinged meniber adapted to be folded wit 'n the body portion of the box. i represents holes bored at suitable intervals through the strip f, which forms the bottom of the cylinders. 3' shows cylinders which are provided with screw-threads at k and screwed into suitable collars fixed or formed on the strip The cylinders j are provided with pistons m, the rods as of which are screw-threaded to screw through holes n in the ends of the cylinders j. 0 represents knobs or milled heads at the ends of the rods m. is a tube provided with holes corres on ing in number and position to the holes 2 and also with holes g, which open into the channels 1' in the plate attached to the top of the cylinders. s is a rod which fits in the tube p, but can be slid into and out of same. t represents circumferential grooves in the rod 8 for the purpose hereinafter explained. a is a button or head to the rod 8 for facilitatin the rotation and withdrawal of the said rod. The other end of the rod 8 is provided with ascrew-thread 2, which screws into a hole provided in the plate 2 at the end of the chamber formed between the strips f and g. vis a pivoted flap for coverin the end of the space w.

The box is used in the following way: The cylinders are filled with color, the rods 00, carryin the pistons 'm, being of course screwe out of the cylinders The cylinders are then screwed into their respective collars on the strip f. When the rod .9 is screwed in or placed so that the grooves t come opposite the holes 'i, on screwing in the rod ac and the piston m the color is expelled through the hole '8 in the strip f, through the hole in the tube 1) around the groove t, and through the hole 9, which forms a duct leading onto the channel 1" in the pallet-plate at the top. When the artist does not require thecolors, the rod 8 is turned, slightly sliding it along in the tube, so that the grooves if no longer come opposite the holes i, and consequently the paint in the cylinders j is cut off andair and dirt cannot obtain access to it. The space to is convenient for storing paintbrushes, which can be kept in position by means of the pivoted flap 1). It is evident that instead of having a number of tubes I may bore or otherwise form a number of parallel holes in a block of aluminium, earthenware, vulcanite, or any other suitable material, with small holes extending from the cylinders thus formed to the outside flat surface mounted on the hinged member, each being provided with a piston and piston-rod, substantially as described.

2. The combination in an artists paintbox, of a plurality of hollow cylinders, a tube mounted adjacent to the cylinders and provided with inlet-apertures communicatin with the cylinders, and outlet-apertures, an a rod in said tube to regulate the flow of paint through said apertures, substantially as described.

3. The combination in an artists paint box, of a perforated plate, a tube extending longitudinally along one side of said plate and provided with apertures registering with the perforations of said plate, a plurality of collars on the opposite side of said plate encircling said perforations, a plurality of hollow cylinders connected to said collars, and a rod provided with circumferential grooves adapted to be brought into alinement with said apertures and outlet-apertures formed in said tube, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIDNEY HERBERT DONALDSON.

Witnesses:

H. D. JAMEsoN, R. F. WILLIAMS. 

